Word: dicks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...been a waste of an election year, primarily because it has not been a contest. The American voter has been made party to an extended infomercial whose highlights have been the scintillating interludes from the farcical partisan monotony: Elizabeth Dole as talk-show host, Susan McDougal in chains, Dick Morris in bed. Despite the political parties' protests that good money is hard to come by, and therefore good information channeling is difficult to procure, Bob Dole, Bill Clinton, and even Ross Perot, have had more access to Americans' time than the stars of "Friends." Yet the candidates choose to hold...
...Veepstakes is only a backdrop. Gore and Kemp may face each other four years from now, but at this point the real race for both men is against potential rather than present enemies. "For us," says Democrat Bob Kerrey, speaking for those like Dick Gephardt and Chris Dodd who would deny Gore that chance, "how Al does this time will shape the race for next time--and the same is so with Jack for the other side." Why? "Money, mostly." For at least the next two years every person bitten by the presidential bug will be scrambling for political...
JOHN SHIMKUS Republican--Illinois 20th Shimkus' feisty campaign gave him a 1,293-vote margin to capture the seat of retiring Dick Durbin...
DEBBIE STABENOW Democrat--Michigan 8th In one of the costliest races in the nation, Stabenow received generous support from the afl-cio, which ran television ads slamming G.O.P. incumbent Dick Chrysler...
ROBERT TORRICELLI Democrat--New Jersey The seven-term Representative emerged victorious from his notorious slugfest with Republican Dick Zimmer in one of the roughest and costliest Senate contests in recent memory...